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Average processing times for applications at the Finnish Immigration Service

It is difficult to estimate the exact processing times for applications. The processing times for individual applications vary to a great extent. The processing times are longer if further clarifications are required. Clear and simple cases are processed more quickly.

The table below shows the realized average processing times for applications. The waiting times for decisions are generally longer because the processing times at other authorities, such as the Finnish missions or the police, who receive the applications, are included in the total processing time.

Realized average processing times
in days in 2009

Residence permit applications
All asylum applications
Asylum applications of unaccompanied minors

Current news of processing times

Overview of the queues of citizenship applications,
January 2010 (28.1.2010)
The Finnish Immigration Service aims at deciding
on citizenship declaration by 1 June (26.1.2010)
The processing time for residence permit applications
for studies can be lengthened (21.9.2009)
Au pairs obtain a residence permit decision
in less than six months (24.8.2009)
Receiving a decision on a travel document takes
7 months on average (9.6.2009)
A more than 200-day wait for asylum interview (15.5.2009)
Delays anticipated in processing times (29.4.2009; updated 17.9.2009)

Realized average processing times in previous years

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